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AX i:CCU?ASTlCAL DUAMA j AT IjLA??CE?NHClI. HOW A VICAR IS NOMIXATKI)" UY THE I'AIUSti. THE POPULAr. vori: xi.TOF.n bY THE lUSSE.NTINU IIATIU.N. | LLY AS OUSKKVKK.] j Uanøennech is a village some six mll. south, ust of Llancllr, in the county of Carmarthen. Some 11 lire months aga the living oi Unpenned) liecainf v.Ii'ani tbr0u;h lbe iv'i'x-'t'0" of it then vicar, the Hev. E. A. D 19ies, by tho bishop ot the iioeesa to the iajporuiit living of Cwinninman The Kev. Mr. Uivies is reported to have worked liarJ unit successfully in the parish, and the Church to have grown in number ami strength under hi* uiinisteriul cur?. The pair .mage ot Llanjjetincch goes with tl.e Liangennt'ch Park instate, and is now in the hands ef Alderman David Evans, Hie present owner of the park, and brother to the well-known Mr. liwilym i.Tau?, of Llanelly. The patron is a I'.ilvinistic Methodist in religion, and u Lihel al in pjhtict. Mr. Kvuns very naturally declined to be alono responsible for reinitiating a clergy- man to thK vacancv, and called in the aid of the communicants, with whom, indeed, he protessed tlio iioti)iiiatio,t sli,)tild fintilly rest, II soon became koown that the livlU was about tl become vacint and who the patron was. The living is worth only £ 200 a year, but the piri-h has many things in t? favour; the patrNI lives In It. and it IS not a <.iirH?u!tp.(ri?)toHofk,andiafit)?ne))?yUM- tance of the arilway station. Ov>r 60 clergymen sent in letters cf application to tla> patron, which b,,k?d lip 1,?- f "???.?'?"? in gome instances, by 1-ading ft Incünfùro iuist ministers. Out of ilie tit,?ber ,i C Ints twelve wne selected to deliver what are called in the 111 t' 'chJ(l f; atcrnity "trial sermons." On what principle the selection of the twelve men was made is not publicly known; and what decided the order in whit-II tl, twelvp wpre to occupy the puiptl of Oiuich is equallv mysterious. to describe, if it possible, thB sweatings tll anxiety, tho racking nf the brain, and the deep searching of howih:tics whicllllJe preparation of thP "{rial sermon ÇOSl t oeso twelve Apostolic divines. It was a dififcult ind a delicate task to iuliit, be- cause of the opposite views ktown to be held by those who composed the jury. On the olle side, in the estate J-WW, was the patron, a Methodist of the Methodists; and on the other were tho Church communicants, who naturally preferred a plain Church sermon to any thing sinaciiins of Dissent. Among the twelve were some excellent weii-men of well-known pulpit nuillty. wito Imd often swayed large congre- gations on special occasions be their power und unuoubtedelocjuence.lt was concluded among those who were not behind the scene that victory lay between these men, two er three at most in num- ber. But" surpristeg revelation was ILade, Out ,if the twelve who had preached trial sermons four were chosen, from whom it was supposed the 11uKl set'ciion w ould L made. And, stiange t I flay. "ot QOO of the mell upon whom tli impartial public had had its eye was among the quater- njou-men w iio depended upon their own persuna. merits, ud never emploied wire-pullers or canvas- MrS, They were lOCo whn ",nl conscwis of their n)i')?tcr!n)s??.at?d[)'.<t!'dthe)rc?cup<'ntt)?. Why they were so completely out of the runnin, so tu speak, many conj c ures tire abroad. Sow whilst the tour rabbis upon whom the first ot> fell were each of them expectinp to be congratu- Jated pon hi appoiotmpnt, the cut tain was lifted, and the last ac: of this ecclesiastical drama bei.,an. Four other genitemen bad been added to the original quaternion, and now there were eight in all with hearts full of high expectations. But even among the eight was not a Boaneigcs found. The quantity was increased, bui n. t sn tile quality. Lots must lie cast again. arid the final lot, so it is reported, tell upon the youngest, if not in ive. cettainly in Holy Orders. But bv some high lrt-^ks ,f sell-willed lates, which i3 above human ken to account for, GUCltiJer tvas p aced on the list-he, too.youni;, but a man of polne and engaging manners. The drama went on for three weeks between these two actors, and it is row interring to find that the finul decision ■was that of the 01'tron, and not that of the com- niunicmtJ, for, al.i.ough 8* vote; were given for the Kev. W. H. Jones, Cm is' Church, Uanellf, and only 24 v tes for the Kev. David Davies, St. Peter s Church at the sawe place, the No."cnnf.rmist patron interposed and appointed Mr, JVvies. The calling in the aid of the communicants w, simply a blinder.

AMCSIVG BREACH OF I PHOllSE CASE. Before Mr, Justice Penman and a common jury, the breach ,f premise ease of Allison r. Johnson was resumed on Monuav. Tile promise in this case, it was said, was admitted. It was wide so long ago as September, 18Si, whn the parties to the action were about 25 years of age. and in ser- vice as butler and lady 's maid at Iioughton House, Kellering, the residence of Lord Walter Scott, son of the late and brother of the pie-ont Duke of buccleuch. The case for the defence was that tbe defendant had on several occasions been exoneiateu by the plaintiff frotit the performance of the ptomise; whilst the casa for the plaintiff was th", I", had, after differences had arisen, written repentant letters and had been forgiven, and that the engagement continued down to 1891, when the tini1l rupture took place, awl tlw plain- tiff commenced the present action. Mr. Dickens, <J.C„ and Ir, KatclitTe C usins wera for the plain- tiff ami NJr. A. 1'homas for the delendant. Mr. Dickens concluded his speech in opening the case for the pla.utltL Miss Mary Allison, the plaintiff, was called, and 8h gave a history of the courtship and of the 11\.1arr19 that took place in the course of it. Nir. Justice Denman: It seemed from the corre- spondence tha' thert) weie two p,rsoQ whom the defendant \erv much objected to, for be refetred to them ;n'• she devils." (Laughter.) Were they tliow.s"r..antg r \Y1tne3* t Yes. Mr. Justice Drnmzn His letters did not all JIIem equally living. One he signed nq 14 Your Affectic)nale Hf," and another as "Your Old Ha'ed Boy," (Laughter) Was that ironical ? Witness understood it to be so. She never released the defendant from his promise, though she had in consequence of hi. teu-p^r verv much to put oil with. Un the 28;h of May list she went to Houghton to «e • the defendant. Hnvmg kept her watting f". Rome twenty minutes he came, He put his hands into his pockets, whistled, danced round the rr10m iu the mot sportiv manner and lie also said that she Wag hthsome to him and a liar. He said, 4,Y>u have heard that I took Miss Burt to a b,.JI." She .aid, 4, 3fo, litis 13 the first that I liave heard of it." He &aid, "You d- liar." fche went t > the door to go away, but he seized Iler, threw her on a chair, and held her tUere. Slip triod to get away several 'itr.es, but he held her by lorce. tie wouM not release her because he w", afraid tint SIJC si-ould go to L-.rd Waiter Scott. Then he alll he woui.(f let her go if "hu would for- give him, aud ho rifd. Sh; said, U I forgive you freelv," but sid," Do I know all that I have t torsive ?" He said, "Yes" Cro-«i.-exau'ineil: A-suming that the age of thf deiendatit was 33, then sho was seven years his senior. He-examinctl She 1,al never La I any serious quarrel with defendant until Miss Burt came be- tweeo thenc. He hud been very uitil and affec- tionate, and she really thought that the man was kind ar heart, notwithstanding his temp -r. Mr. Thomas shortly addie-aed the jury for the defence, and called Mr. Ftancis Scot:,a son of L'-rd Walter Scott. Air. Anthony Charbi Johnson, the defendant, deposed that he had no property with which to H ¡Ht in business as a butcher. So long ago as 12S6 the plaintiff said that they wertf so un- Blllled to each nt)wr ii-at were better apait. She wrote in March, 1839, thai lie need not call oil lierat Hirne-hiil "1;10. as she should bo out. Matter-* Were patched up again after that; and in June, 1890, when lie wa* g0in o Boughton, shp, Mid tha* if he was g-)tng int> the country again she would have nothing mOrt to do with him, He suggested that he bho!d marry him whilst Iw yras in service, but tins fOtie refused to dn. When she went to Houghton, lie used no violence towards lier. Ho did put her into a chair, because he thuught that lIe wanted to leave the room in order t,-> :I 10 i,0rd Walter Scott or to Mi-s Sc.-tt. He did Lot .1y th:U she was loathsome. What he ,id was that i??? l(?., ',d the idea of inttrymg her, He did call her a It' He 8aw ti.? phrnt1!I at Herne-hill on th* 191h of June, 1891, ,a olVered to ,ttl? the matter t y paying 1,,? txpensvs. The engugement was broken r'11', and th^rf* wa lHvpr any renewal of it. At the Victoria Stttion interview lie was not druuk, hut lie was sotryt > say that lie did lose his temper, "lid perhaps ucd a hig d-, (Laughter.) T/le jury gave a verdict for the ploiutiff- flamoge,, £100.

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ASSOClATtiD CHAMBliltS OF C'OMMEKCE. AN-XUAi- .MIOKTINO. THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDLIL^SIJ. [rlnss ASOI'1A'l'JO TJ.I.El;t1A)LJ LONDON, TUKSDAY. T))ethir(y-S)MnJ.tnnu<)"?t'ti?ot))??M- c.M?CM.beMof(onun.?-?t?? Lnited Kingdom wa>« held to-day a! the Whitehail-i'uoms, H?! ?)<'?.?C?'?U'?'t"?"'? Tuera was a large attendance of dclt'"tes, amoug ?',?e[?e?!r'?-?nt:?'?'S'M'?''?"' M.' NJJ )iin L.??g, NI.P., )trU(?ardVH'.c.'f?.M.M!.U?"M.?.? y*r Stafford Nortiicotc, M l'. ILIU CH.MUMAN'S 's Thd ( HAIUMAN, IU hi p. ning address, during wl,i"lI he nvvtd tll adoption of the report, teel- ingk iiluued at tho outset to the deaths of the Duke of ( larence and Avondalo alld "f Ir" W. H. Smith. He ai..ù lvfcrred tn thb successful autumnal meeting ill Dublin last y.ar, unli :Xprr"cd the hope that tlte visit would n t tw withuiit advan- ,e 10 Irish liado and commerce. Turning t> iho P sttion vi trade, ho enid the to'al va'ue of our imports and exports for lWi had decreased i'rem the preceding YL!.? by Jour and tI.r. -qu:nhH' millions only, or Hut quite $ per leaving, however, al enormous trade of nearly £ 745,000,000, of which tilil country might well be proud. All examination of the details of the Hoard of Trade returns, however, was nnt quite o satisf iclory, liS a very cOIIid{rtbh, decrease had lakeu place in almost every item of out export. the deficiency being chiefly balanced by a cry large incn a"p in the importation of food. It was not ta^y to I.lee: 11Iin how t If fhi decrease miyht be attributed to hostile tariffs or to an (11, "f the market. There could, however, be no doubt that tho political and commercial complica- tions amongst the South Amedew countries weie very largdy to blawe, inaslUuch as the (;"itea States tariff was the only one which had C->I\IP into opeiaiiou, and that fiom July only. Evidently competition wn becoming more keen, but, on the other luwd, tiw world's trade was continual'y expanding, and the p,, sp eU of peace, whico was the great lactjrin nucU t xpan,,¡ollt appeared to be most satisfactory. Whether we In-ld our own in the markds of the world depended, l" a very large extent, upon the enterpl i:t) of our cap.. alir:; in seeking new markets and the unhampered and exerted skill and tUHr;r of our workpeople. The maintenance of amicable relations between enpit:il and Inbour was a matter of the greatest itnporuuca to our commer- cial future, IItht it Illlht be hoped that the thorough investigation by the Labour Commission would tenu tu thi desitabie elllt. Uoth sides must ee 11l..t 1f we failed to be ahie to dispose of our surplus products in tLe WOdÜ'8 market* our posi- tion would become very seduu, especially regarded our working population. If the demands of working men were pushed beyond iegitmiiU- bounds, 50 as to impair the effective superiority of Biitish labour, the result must bu latal to lite prosperity of woikiu^ men and di"astr.Ju to the nation. It waS a gratifying sign that this position was eeu ;?.d appreciatv-d by many of the LA friends of labour, aud especially by the workers ill the great textile ItnJ other industries in the North. Tne situation deiuauded the ex-icis8 of wise thougtiifulness anu 'YItlIHthPI ic fUI beamnco 011 both sides. (Hear, near.) With regard to shipping, during 1891 tie. re had heen 0. gros- a¡,iithHl r th tpalu lo-muge lit, register ot the United Kingdom of over SCO,000 tons, and cf sailing t >nnag<* close upon 200,000 tou. or otarl) one million tons in Idl. These vessels willi the exception "f some 5 pr ceot., were all built in tne r'litl'J Kingd an. The shipping on the register of the United K\1lgJOll) on the 31>t (If D. cemhl f, 1891, rerched the prodijyiouH total of 21,573 ves els, representing r, tonnage of over 1 millions considerably uiore than Ihe o,in g. 01 the whole "I tie ti?,? nations of thotwcrld combined. Two years I\go he ventured to sound a note of warning tJ the dfect that it was possible to create more tonnac t'uan the requirements of commerce could employ, and he now gieatly feared we had entered upon a period of leanness. He was afnid that IlIo-e "-it had embarked their capital ill shipping would have to yield to the inexorable laws of supply nod demand, and ^vaii for profit with such pat.eiiCd a3 they might, Until an adjust- ment had taken place. Having ahuded to Ihe Commelcial Impe;ial Federation, postal reforms, railway latet fatjng of maciimeiy, tl-.e decimal system, and o'-hev subjects which will be iscu,set during the meding, tha chairman made special rtfeience to the proposal t-) connect light- tiouses with the co.ist by means of telegtauh r telephone. He aid ti, the urgent mvd ?,l placing life-saving appliances mound our coasts within reach úf the earliest news of d^aster or correct information as to the nature uf tip assistance wmted andof tile <xaci locality where it was required had he»n lully dert\on4r,¡teu It hid been shown that to-* want of these means of com- munication many valuable lives had beeu sacii- ticed and much property 10-t, Such communi *»t:on along the coast existed in o'her countries, and surely thi gnat nud wealthy maritime country should* n>-t be hdJilldlHlllù in such no matter, in conclusion, be said ho was far from thinLing that the nocialion o??.p?.Li the po?it 0 1 to which it might well aspire, He con- sidered that every chamber of commerce ílOUld be made the mouthpiece of the commercial vi-ws of its di5trict, and lIle association shoull be sup- plied with funds sufficient to provide for suitable heacquarters and payment of its staff in accor- dance wUhthe woik tney might do null the enor- mous jutreds which weie represented. (Hear, hear,) Sir ALBEHT ROLLIT, M.P., seconded the ml>tion, He c-xoressed the opinion that no country ever "tlleJ Anything by closing jts doors against com- merce. With regard to the lighthouse communica- tion, he said 110 Ministry would ever be popular or would parn the confidence of tho country who were not prepared to make the safety of life the first consideration, and pecuniary matters a sub- ordinate one. (Heir, hcar,) Th" motion was carried, and the IMeting pro- ceeded to discuss the questions on :he agenda. TRIBUNALS or COMMERCK. Mr, GORDOS (Bndtorj) propped a resolution, which "uS supported by Se veral chambers in the West RiL!ÎOg, to the effect that with a view to meeting piesent dirticilties with regard to i. the frequent inability ot the court to Iry thecse and the consequent reference of it to arbitration, the right ot it should be given tJ either party to aJ: action to obtain the appointment of asses-o^'s who would s ir, witli the judge and i.uve Rn equal voice with him in the decision of all queStions of fact arising in the actii)(I." Colonel MACKAY (Wakefield) seconded. Mr. JACOBS, M.l' who has charge of the Bili on the subj ct, pointed out that the proposal ceased in be one which could bo introduced under the name of the tribunals of commerce,and lie bought ¡, desirable for the success "f the measure to drop the name" Tribunals of Commerce," and to intto- -lute it under another ntle. His ieason for ibis was that a Bill dealing with tribunals of commerce wa3 such a large reform of tho entire judicature system of the COllnllY that it would be quite in possible for a private member to bring it to a StlcCtssrul ;SSl1(, anJ it was a measure that could only be dealt with by the Government of the day. According to the proposal, the assessors would sit with the judge and have an equal voic»» with 111111. 1 Thero they would meet with a oifticulty. He would oget Illat, if the aessOlS could sit nB i u advisers of the judge, such a Bill would have speedy succes in the House of Commons. On a vote by chambers, the motion was carried by a large ¡nnjor(tv. LABOUR BURKAC. Sit' STAFFOKD NORTHCOTE, M,P ou behad of the lix ter Coamber, moved a resolution in favour of the establishment of a labour bureau or hbout' rt'gistr1e. Heaidsuch establishment would be most valuable to employers and cmployed. I'nv ite registries wee unsatisfactory, and he did not adv.-cate a Government bureau because that might tend to create fIn impression in the mind nf the working classes that the State was bound t) find emplo, mCllt lor them, fhat was A doctrine to which he was not, preoarcd to subscribe. He, [therefore, thought chambers of commerce furnished a t\)1;.IiOtn11¡:I' wn the private individual and 1 lie State. He ventured to think that such a ?,12g,?ti m, if ca,,ied out, would, t) 11 great extent, pi (VPUt. s;nkes, and bring about a better state of fee1il\ bE'wreh capital and labour. He nho suggested that I he attention of the Labour Col. i be invited to tlw subject. The motion wa" woll supported, aè ('anki unanimously. I THK AULI'MNAL MEF.TISU TO l!K HM D AT t NEWPORT. Sir Albert Rolli', Ml'" waq cJectpd presióont of i li?e ,?cii.n..?,d, on the invit'ltio" f L .rd Tredegar, it was decided to bold the autumnal 1 m('e1in at Sewp >rt. Thp pro (??" dings WCl' adjotirnEO,il t>moir^w (VVcdnesday) morning.

A CARDIFF-LADEN STBAMEBj MISSING. It i, feared that the steamship Medina, oÎ February with about 1,200 tons of coal, has either oroken down on p;P1Fage to Marseilles or foundered during the rpcuut strong weather, its the voyage is under ordinary circumstances covered itiabout twelve day". hu was loaded at Clrdiff by Me, Burtiyeat, Brown, and Co., and her loelll agents wore Messr*. Kvan Thom¡1t Kaocliffe, and ü).

IJR, Dr. Jovoa's LIGHT-BROWN Con LIVER 011, IS TflKOAT A» TFX:TIOXS t'rs K>'i'IC>CV IS UNK(?L'AI.El>. t(omlox Browne, Ksn.. F. H C S E Senior Surgeon, Central l:;a ¥h:l(:a;\ni:' :l,IUåcfttr¡ Dr. d. Jongh'a Jiight-Brown Cod Liver Oil has p?.,?d, in my own experience, artictllarly valuaWe. UOt. only in those diseases for which it was originally employed, but also in many casea ot Weakness of the Singing and Speaking Voice dependent on Bronchial or Laryngeal Irritation, and in all forms of Strumous Enlargement of Glands and Discharges from the Ear." Sold only in capsuled Imperial Half-pinw, 2s. 0d.; Pints. j <^uart3, Vs.; by all chemists. S,,I? Consignees, Ansar. !tarfurd, ar.1 Co., 21Q, HI^U Holborn Loudon*

MONMOUTHSHIRE AND SOUTH WALKS COALOWN ElSSOCIA TION. ANNUAL MEETING. 29,000,000 TONS OF COAL RAISED I LAST YEAH. The nnnu il mpeting of the Monmouthshire and S?uti? Wales Oilowner*' Association was held ?t ,rdiff on Tuesday, when there were present Meson. C. H. HOiland (retiring president), A. Ho>d« Edwaid Jones, K. P. Martin, E. Davies, Walter JJell, H. itedliogton, D. Hannah, H. Kirk- hon-e, I{. Cory, C. Coiy, 'f.H.HaHey.T. Wilson, G. W. Wilkinson, JameS Kewis, Ev?n Lewis Foster Hrown, Trobarne Rees, William Jenkins, J. Htown, W. RliltPinoro, rEt.?ns.H.M.??in,P.H.n'qni),f. Damson, R. J.,r?n, R. H ooper, W. W. Hood, A. Keen, F' Riffanel, Cl?,i?tu?, Ev??. J. Williams, L. Llewellyn, J Nicl,.Ia-, w. 'f. R?,T. Jones Price, W. D. White, and John Robert*, und Dr. Andrew Diviep, and Messrs. W, Symons, solicitor, and W. Gascoyne Daziel, secretary. Sir, E. Davids, of the Ocelli Coal Company, was unanimously elected chairman for the ensuing yellr, and Mr, Jolin Daker*, "f Messrs. John Lanc isier und Co., vice.chairiuan.-Tlle meeting considered the reporl. from the Cardiff, Ni-wpoi-1, and Swan- sea distiict boards»;« to the question of assurance based by ti.i quantities worked by tlte sevelal member. at their respective collieries during the year 1691. The returns showed a total quantity of 21,984,533 ions of coal, that being an increase 01 841,007 ions on tile preceding year. I' is understood ihat the entire output from th* district last year was I abnut 29,000,000. There are now 72 colliery com- oanies in the association, rapreslItins: about 220 collieries. The district board officers were appointed as followsCardiff district: Chair- rnnn, Mr. Walter hell; vice-chairman, Mr. W. W. Hood. Newport district: Chairman, Mr. J. Col- quhoun; vice-chairman, Air. C. B. Holland. Swansea diiiti-ict Citaiiinan,Mr.J. Nettell;,vice- chairman, Mr, J. Roberts. The following gentle- men were nominted to act as representatives of col- lieries in the association T. E. Lewis, for the Albion Colliery Conip tny Air. J. P, Hacquoil and Mr. E. J. Dawson for Powell'* Till, ry Company; Mr. A. B. Nicholas and Mr. W. P. James for tbe 'firpentwys Company Air. J. Staniield and Mr. K. Ktantiehl f"r the Monmotiihshire and Cwm Coilinry C^mnany (Liinited) Air. T. J. Masters 1 for the Camiff N"vi¡¡ation Co:Ji.,y Company; Mr. J Coiy, Mr.C. Cory, and Mr. W. D, Wight t'ur the G^lli and rynybfdw Company Air. T. G. Cart- rlht for the executors of the late Sir. Thomas G. Cariright; Mr. Herbert Clarke Lewi. for the Marque** of Bute's Bute Merthyr Cdliery, and Mr. W. T. Ri.ei for Levis' Merthyr Company. Other matters of detail were discussed.

TIN-PLATW MANUFACTURERS ANI) THP, RAILWAY COMPANIES. AMICABLE SKTTI.EMENT OF A LONG- PENDING DISPUTE. In the Western JfaiZ of February 23 last refe- rence was made to uhat at the time threatened to culminate in a serious dispute between railway companies and tin-plate IDallllfJlctllrers as to the weight charged for carriage of tin-plate?, but the dispute has bee", happily, averted, and an ami- cubl" settlement has b'en arrived at. ihe railway compinies had notified I he manufacturers that, instead of only charging for the net weight of the tinplatCH, they must also be paid for the weight of the boxes. Wise counsels appear to have pre- vailed, and, 119 the result of negotiations bet ween tilo chairman and secretary of the Swansea Dis- trict Traders' Association and the rail- way conipiniep, a compromise has been agreed upon, and thus the anticipated protracted litigation ha., fortunately, hee" avoided. The railway companies in Deeemb' r, 1888, in a cir- cular letter, informed the tin-pi-t* manufacturers tlmt from the 1st of January, 1889, all tiii-plates would be charged at the actual gross weight, n that the dispute really dates back b tho 1st of January, 1889, and the comprolllise that has now been Arranged is upon the b>»M* of the railways acceptill our-In.lf the »»mounts in dispute as from January 1, 1889, to Janu vry 31, 1892, tho manu- facturers, on their part, agreeing to pay on tllR lull gross weight as from February 1, 1892, auli hereafter to dt.dare and pay as for gross weight. Aliliougli the arrangement, so far, applies only to the manufacturers in the Swansea district, we have it on good authority that the lailway com- panies are prepared t" extend it to the Monmouth- shire and other ,¡",p);.ln manufacturers concerned

Marv Tidal, II domestic servant in Liverpool, died on Tuesday, us is supposed, from an irritant poison contnined ill tinned s,lmn". POWELL'S BALSAM OF AKJSEKD.—World-wide is the rejvuUtion of thb niti and tried remedy for Couglw. Asthma, and Bronchitis, Influeuz*. Ac. I- assumes the dUtreflrins paroxysm* of asthma, proulùtea a trpm eipectoratiou or muciM in bronchial borders, remove* the nourcra of thioat Irrltfttfou In It ght cough. takes AWay noarseue «, und relieves oppression of the brfaihiiiu. Powell's IJalsam of Aulseett baa no proximate, and I* unique u h remedy for nil pub monary ami branchial ailuiem. Ask 'o, Powell BUIHAUI of Anjseed. with the imJ,rJut. of the wlbki.own trade mark. Linn, Net. and Mouse," on th, b.I? wrapper, ?.d see you Lt. NF.tt, llib?d 18.. 3? .1 by chemists -d deal" in I medidne thronRhnut the world. In bottles, 1,. Ud. and 2., Sd. Family bolt, Us. Laboratory. 4. Albion-place, I El.,kf,i.r..d, London, SU. itefu^ spurious imtuv "00" 1.9385

THE ATLANTIC TKAINSFOKT, LINE. A KKW VESSIiL FUR THE JSWANSKA mADM. dn interesting gatlieiiiij; was held on Tuesday on Uiini tin- .tea",e" Massachusetts 0)i» lar^ost of the Aliantir Tnll\Spl)rl Line), which lay in Ilia Prince ot VVnles D'.uk, Swinsua, tn lint nr-t voyage of the lirgeft liner which has ever BntercU the pon of Swausca. The public huve becn Bl.lmiued to vww the magni- 11(?,?nt new ve-S' 1 for the pa.t iwo days on 'lie com rib miori of a mitu to I ha Swansea Ilonpital. The greatest »diniintion has hui ii rxpreKHid on all IUIU\ls at the admirable .,rrnneUlelll8 i.f the new vessel, wlocn is the must perfect yet bui,t for tho traOe bi tweeu Lon- dOli, Swansea, New York, a:id G^ltiiriore The new vt s<i 1 is of 3,604 tons net leginter tonnage, 5,500 inn* buithvn, ""il 7,500 Ion' carrying cap- ciiy. Her leiigih is 460f< be" "49It"and depth of hold, 46h. She is J,?a,li, a "record" cargo of tin-plates for A,. :?,,i,, of 4,500 tons. She is 'l':enuidly titled up for ttio frozi o mta! trade, and has veral deck6; whilst she can, if nrcessary, cairy 6.000 cattle. Site is aim fitted up for cabin passengers and could, by ihe tilting up of berths, carrt it large number of steerage passengers. She is tilled throughout with ihe electiic light, and has fans for venti- !a ing the cargo. he has mugnilicent engines, driving twin screws, and does about fifteen knots. A luncheon was held in the well-appointed saloon of the sie irner. Mr. A. S. Williams (Messrs. \iJ!la,"s, Torry, and Feilii, umnaaing owners of Ihij IlIIe) occupied the chair, and ClOP ain Kobinson (superintendent of the line) the vice-chair. There wore al o P!ez???t Sir John Jones J.nkins (..h.ir- muti of tii(? Swati?e k H trbour Trust) Mr. J. Dixon (li)lll;l;U ,t I;;it:)t, ,u;'r;(liell' (American Consul), Colonel Pike, C .plaiu Williams (of the M'usai'husieits), Mr. F. Ii, Couch (Swansea agent of the Ime), CoullcI11"r,¡ W. West lake and William Thomas Mui-sru. A. 1'. Steeds R S. Low. Fr d Hleh"rdsnu, 11, T. Kinilell, A. Kedarave, Ü, H. Huickha:ii, C. S. Hershaw.and suveral represunU- lives of the press Sir JOHS JENKINS, in voposing" Siieciaes to the AI/antic Transport Line," expressed per-onally his thank. to Messrs. Williams 1'oir^y, and Field, for the enterpi Ise tliev hid shown in the Atlantic transport tN!!e for Swansei. Ever SII'ee the Prime of Wales Dock was p,?d, in 1881, they ),,I d. fl. ?t of !ICHWt'rs trading be, ween thKt port Itnt1 the United S itos. They were fully alive to tl.einu-iej.ts of tlie trade, and had introduced 0' u,aut'ful stramel' after another till,hev bad, in that vessel, reached what appeared to be the climax. A- chairamn of the Hai b Jur Trust, he hoped, tit any rate, that iliey would not bring a larger steamer there at presei.t. (Laughter.) Their friends on the other side of tha A'lantic looked on mltlters in a different light. They in Swans -a did not nsk their American cousins to heh. to I ziv their taxes. (Liughcer.) The M Kii.ley taiiff had b-en a t-eiioui blow, but he thought that they would survive it. Having been in the United States, he couU bardiy believe that the people wi.o were so akin to them- selves in everything roiild have introduced such a measure, and lie hoped before long that they would provn to be of the same family again. He hop 111 that, such success would attend the operations that before long tliey woul-l have a weekly service from Swansea to tho Uuited Stats. (Applause.) Tite CHAtB.ua> in responding, said that they commenced lunning from Swansea over clght years ago. They had at hist to take out ballast, but from that time there had been no necessity to do si. The tii.-plate trade had reached sucis enormous proportions that it gave their steamers quite sufficient employment. Their first steamers were Kngii-h-owned and English-managed, but their American friends had long ago awoke to the fact, that John Bull was doing nil the carrying trade. The hlle vms, thereupon, re-organised, and it was now run by Atueric ins. No alteration, how- ever, had occur, ed in the managdDent except f)r the brler. (Applause.) He considered the Mlssachusetts the finest cargo vessel afloat. Its total capacity was 7,600 tons, and at £8 per ton-tjie amount usually r.ck'.ned—the tOlal cost would be only £60,000, whereas that boat had cost £100,000, Tllat gave I hern n surplus of £40,000 spent on improvements. (Applause.) Ha neliuved tlmt tlie áll,pdca.ns wi-r; too wide awake to allow the I M'Kmley tariff to remain long in force. lie acknowledged the enterprise shown at Swansea, and testified to the fact that nothine could have been better than the way that vessel bad been dL.?k?d on ts .,r.v.1. (Applause.) The Chairman next gave the health of the captain (Captain Williams), who, in re,pond- ing, said mat that was the largest vessel ever brought into the port of Svvansea. He felt proud to be in CtHIIIWH1Ù of her. The (HAIIIJIA.V gave the health of Captain Robinson, the superintendent or the line, who bore witness to the care which had been shown in the construction 01 the Massachusetts for the Swansea tra ie. Tile healths of the Harbour Trustees was responded to by Ir, DIXON, who said that the new vessel was tlie tightest fit" they had yet had in Swansea Docks, but hIt was pioud to say they bad broughi her in all right, and he should be prouder when he knew thai she had lolt the port sfely, (Laughter and applause.) The CBAIIIMAN said that the company had at present twelve seamers, but they were rapidly building mora, and as the largo ones took up the London trade they would h .ve finer steamers for theSwan-ei trade. (Applause.) The healths of Mr. T. H. Couch (the Swansea agent), the Americin Consul, the Chairman, and the IOnst of the press were aflHwards honoured, and the compan y ?el?arated. The cuu i ne of the 1lh:v'r.'f.eaI::er,:I.d:iDf the!

SAN DOW AT CARDIFF. INTERESTING INTERVIEW. Extraordinary physical strength i. generally, but oftim errooeou>ly, ,:ssiciale with B,rculeaD pro- portions. A hllong 113 ft gmnt 11 is » common I'hnlse- to which there are exceptions. One of these is S.'in d <>w, -1.0 the enterprising Mr. S oil has 1I:1,e :;IfrIi week, 10 satisfaction ami delight of his* patrotiq, wany of, whum all Monday night clamoured for admission long befo-e the do-irs were open. And no wonder Samlow being a marvel of strength and p^rf trm- ing all his feuts wilh a dexterilyaoù grace that evoke the w¡¡rmt admiration. S.md 'W is about the medium height, has a compact, well-knit frame, mugeul-ir, and without any supeifluoua obe-ity. Bo is as powerful as any s m ..f Annk, and his petfoimances are cer- tainly far more pleading. I -cern (writes an Evening Express r<,porte.) to he tr Mr, Kbc+m z >r lie kV vi. and others of that ilk ^ay, "See what c"n be do lie on total abstinence Is Sandow a teetotaler, then? Not a bit of it. In a hurried interview with Sandow on Monday night I found him just Before he appeared upon the stage, girding up his loins with something which borii n very suspicious reseuibl »nce to a glass of hot whisky and water. In face of the fuct that the English pe< pie (a nation of beer drinkets) have earned world-wide renown for pluck and endurance, and tha'- all water- drinking communities (the Mniiommedans to wit) are forbid und effeie, it is still the fashion of the to: al abstinence orator to dil-ite upon the deterio- rating influences of British beer Butioreiurn to Sandow, He welcomed our representative with a pleasant smile, which played at inteivats about his frank and good-looking features during the interview. My history," he said, 141 shall be pleised to give that. 1 am ? German fa fact which his foreign accent and broken Enghxh at once betraved], and I wai born in the Prussian town of Konigsberg. After leaving hoine I went to Venice. There Simpson's challenge was brought to my notice. 1 proceeded to London, and gave Sampson a good licking' at the Aquarium." Smdotv went on tn MY that for a yeir and a half he had held the belt for lifting the heaviest weiglit, and 11 if I hold it for two yeirs," saitt fie it is mr own." fI ow many have come forward to challenge your possession of the belt?" I I u None al all. 1 have made the recora, ano any per ? i? a, liberty to b,-at It if he can, but none have tried )'f' Many call themselves the tiave tried nl? but why don't they come forward ,?t,.n 4 et and defeat ;I?ie »nd secure the bdt?" This reply Sandow evidently thought to be a clinclier-as, indet!d, it was. ••The belt," lie .>Iined, "was given by the London Athletic Iiislitute, tif which Lord Lonsdale is president. It is of solid gold, 51b. 8,¡z, in weight, and cost. £500, and is now on exhibition at the simp of Mrisrs. Thompson and Shacked. What are my principal feats? Well, I lift a 269 b. weight in one hand, I take a 1921b. weight trim the ground, and swing it over .hY heid. I <t ) this with my right hand, and the smite with a 1801b. weight with my left, lalso lift a 2521b. weight slowly [mill the ground and hoist it over my h.ad My record for lifting on the back is 4,100Ib," Smdow described 1m exploit* with modest simplicity and without a suspicion of bounce or bray, which would be, perhaps, pardonable under the circumstances. The strong man is nuturally proud of hi. championship, but it has not turned his head. He is well worth seeing, and crowds will doubtless witness his performances during the week.

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NtiVVFOUT COUYIT C'OLLNCIL. A monthly meeting of the N?.P.,t County Counc,l was Iwld ar the council chamber, Town- ??.on't'ut;??y.Ti?M!?or(A)d''ntMnt!.J.).).'vi-.) presided. Ti., wcro also present—Alder men J.Muscs, J. H. Jacob, A. K. rfar, Knoch a- '1 1). A. V.?g" U. J. ;;ili'T .Ïn:'UJ(l.O:nr: ,t:jLo HtOll' T. H. Howell, G. GrewiJand, M. Wheeler, L> K g r EV.tn, J. P.<rH?. W. H. 'r. Clllnjn, R' Davi<W. J. Lloyd, Dr. Davies, M. M T l^y, J. j Hlch..rd". PL)g?ley, GI"lgl' M,uan, Dr Glrrot Thomas, J.n.).'m..J.H.Otr?;.J.H?ri9.f. Cord<-y.).Lh'w.')?r),(m.iH'?<!?rdrtn!i!p. The "TOWN-CLEKK rend a letter from S" Francis KoIlY8 conveying 'he thanks of thn Piiuceand P,i ?L,,s ,t WaU*s f.r the condolence "f the ?01- :I/f lp; :'I:If )it;eH'I:A8Ctl;; 1 Duke of Clarence, hicf,, on the RW ¡"" of the M..yuf, It was decided should be entered on the iniouteH. The TOWN-CLKki: reported the election nf Mr, W. Clifford Phillips in the Ka-«t Ward on FVbrunry 9. The new cnuricillor hall made tile IIKU >1 dedar. rion, and, on the motion of the Mayor, he was elected on lhe s.nllary, t he allotments aud baths, and lhe cemetery committees. DIFFKHHJITLIL KAHNO. Mr. H. J. PAHNALL, in bringing up the ieport of the finance committee, r, forred to an application which had been made by Me^rs. Ling and Williamson, tho. 1.86eeo of the Eastern Dry D cU, tor what practic-illy amounted to a diff^renti il rating. They poin'ed out that they paid id6 4Q. 8J for geneial district rat. and 951 14" 9i. f r borough rates, for which they binned i o t qtjiva- lent- in ihe way of roads, lighnng, sewerc, police, surveillance, or scavenging. The committee wis strongly opposed to the differential rating of any part of the borough. THII FINANCIAL RKLATIONS OF THE COCSTT AND BOttOCGlf, lr. H, J. PABSALL broughr. Up the draft of the g conllunÎng the adjtJ1 mfHlt proposed to be couie to us to the tinancial relatiolis or tllH county of MI)nullIutl¡ and the county borough of Newport. There was in doling ii this question .me fundamental principle upm which 1 hey had to ??ct-v,z., that in coming to the agreement nid¡er side should be left in a worse position than it occupied belore. They had to consider in what way they should contribute tuwards the expenses of the county, and it wan decided that the fairest way would be to treat it on the principle of ratable value, on the basis of 22 per cent. for the boiough and 78 per cent, for the county. Then the question orosa whether it would be better for tl.3 borough to pay the amounts annually or clkpitatise them, and on that point they came to tlie conclusion that it would be wiBe to commute the expendi- ture and pay the whol.) ùff at unce. The b Jlough would thereby save the re-opening of the question every five YOdrS, and it would be cheaper 10 the borough. T"C total indebtedness of ihe borough w«s' £ 40,519, which, if borrowed a< 3^ per cent, for 25 ye irs, would make thp. annuat c! aq.e £1,319 plu- the ment was out of great advantage to the borough, and, in fa-, t, the county authorities regudedit a, such now, but they could not help it. Theboiough would be relieved in the future from all cnun,y -ax-tiiori s') far as taxation by the administrative uuty 01 Monmouth w,.s concerned. Tnere would ?, contriuiti"!) fiom t iLc -unty borouyht .wards the expense of tile pour-ltw uni >n, which wouhi mean about £1,200 a year, and which would be pud out of the surplus contributions from the licensing and prebate duties, and also from tl.e Custom* and Excise licences. The borough w, tild have an immunity of taxation repie«en»ing £ 3.640 a 3 ear plus the grants to which h. had referred. He mov d the adoption ai'd co :tfir ,uation of the agree- ment. Mr. J. C. S'ANDKRS seconded, and, after a number of questions had been IIskd, the agreement was adopted. THK COROSEHSUIP, Mr. D. ROOLK EVANS asaeo »l th6 term of otiice of Mr, Mai tin Edwards a* coroner "a5 drawing to a close, and w/¡t was we po.itioo of the coronerIH p >» t present? 'fh TOWN-CLEKK said a l,tt,r "a. ??.t to the county council stating that the borough desired I to have its own coroner, and tbe 11te couutr council acquiesced. The leav-* of abseuce granted ?o Mr. Man in Edwards expired at the end of the present month, but he would be allowed to lemain III office ulltll remf Vfd by the Lonl Ch 1 ncelior. He believed that Nome action woul shortly be ttken. Mr. ROGER EVASS A-kec? if Mr. Marin Edwards had sent in his Î-JII 'i The MAYOR said he bad no information on the matter. I APPOINTMENT OF REGISTRAR OF CF.METERIES. The council proceeded to the appointment or a registrar of cemeteries, rendered vacant by the death of Mr. J. F. !IIul'ock, at R oalal'l commencing at £100, and rising to £130, The were 29 for the position, aud three names weie submitted for hnrtl selection, viz., Mr. J. G. Eilis, collector ill the cenetaldistriet rate office; Nir. H. (i. H. Joi.es, clern t> the borough treasurer ?,?d Mr. A. E. Brown, cl,.k 10 Mr A. Williams. The vote was taken on paper, with [h?rcbuttthMtZZ votes we.e cast for Mr. El 'is, six for Mr. J0ne., and one tor Mr, Brown, Mr, Ellis was, I h,'rdore, declared elect TRi'ASCREB'S SAtART. On the motion of Alderman MOSKS, seconded by I Mr, I. LLKWKLLYN, it was decided tliiii the deferred applicat ion of the borough treasurer be considered in committee. GENERAL DISrBICT RATE, A general district rate of 1-. 3J. in the 9 was ordered. THE LISTS OF ELECTORS. On the met ion 01 Nir. W. H. 14BOWN, it WAS decided. TtMtthetown-d-rkbein'tructfd.iniMuinghia annual pr',pl, to the several overseers of the pailshfrs within the torollgh for the mKkiugoul and pubiisni/ig of tl1e ht5 ot electors Of burnt-sea ao,t others enhLJeû to be registered, to direct I hltt such lists, aud each divi,i of 8uch lisis, shall be made out according L> Itreeb. hutad of alohabetica. y a heretofore THE SALVATION ARMY AT EASTBOURNE. The TOWN.CLKRK rend a communication which he had received (rom the C rpora i m of East- bourne,-asking that the Parliatnentaty represent- tives of tile horougli should be asked to oppose the E*>tl)OUrne fnip OVement Act, 1885 (Amend, ment) Bill. 1892, winch w >s bemg promoted by the Solvation Auny for the rep-al of the clause prohibiting p.oces^ions, &«• on Stindays. 011 thp motion of Ahhruoin JACOB, seconded by II Mr. T. GOLDNWORTHY, it WHS Ipcijett that the lett??r Ii. on the t?bl,, aud Ihd Ih,. Corporation of E.,t- bourne be itifoimed of the decisis.

POST-OFFICK EXTENSIONS IX I THE NEWPORT DISTRICT. The express delivery system for letter. and that of payment of money oiders by telegraph have been extended to the fallowing places in lhenow. port Postal District, vi7. Abercarn, Abertillery, Bassaleg, Blackwood, Blaina. Caerleon, Crumiiu, Cwmbran, Ebbw Vale, Griffithstown, Machen, Pontnewydd, l'ontUJister. R-iglan, Risca, and Usk. A new post- tfi, at which money order and >a»inys' birik business is transacted, has been opened at Ar^oed, A free delivery by posnnan his been established fit L!and»v»l and Utaig Fawr New Pits, in the district of W »un- Ilwyd; to Pentwynm i«r, Crinddu, Cwmffynon, Pefrar Crossing, and Twyn Co lege, in the district of Newbridge; and to Glenview and Penllwyn- bach, ne»r Blackwood. All additional delivety, fitted to 1.I,e day mail despatch frn", Newport, has been established at N kntyo:o andGarnvach. The t..Jegrap" system has b-en extended to Cwm- tilh.ry. Magor, and Newbi i ige, al which offices, in oddillon to toe transaction of ordinary telegraph business telegiapit money ordeis can also be issued and paid.

A MONEY LENDING CASE AT CARDIFF. Before Dr. Paine and Alderman David Jones, at Car Jiff Police-court on Tuesday, Elizabeth Jerkin*, a married woman,and Richard Rind were brouglit up in custody changed with obtaining a cheque, value £3 10s.. by means of false pretences, from Barnard Fishman.-—Mr. n. Parker appeared for the prosecutor, who deposed that on the 2nd ins ant the femal- prisoner came to his offices in Park..trcl, and applied for a loan of a few pounds to help her out of ú,/1kullies. The following day witness went to the femah prisoner's hou*e, where he saw Mrs. Jenkins, who introduced to him a mau wl.o was there as her hu>btttd. Witness, the woman, and the mall went over the house, and later in the d.y the two last-named came to hit office. A bill of exchange for £5 was made out by witness's clerk, and signed by the man in the name of "John Jenkins" f' e female prisoner titen receiving a cheque for £3 10-. The bill was made out, for £5, the loan to be re-paid by weekly instal- ments of 4s.—Mr. W. H. J. Parry, cashier at the Wilts and Dorset Bank, deposed to c iahjng tl,e chequB in question for the male prisoner, who en- dowed it in the naloe of John Jenkins,—The male prisoner having denied saying that he was the husband of hi. companion, the latter s-iid he was willing to re.pnv thearaountchtained.—Mr. Parker submitted that there had been a cor spiracy be- tween the prisoners to defraud; the man had been guilty of fo/gery and the woman of uttering,—The Bench sent both piisoner^ for irial at the a^siz^son a charge of obtaining 1I,.ney by faNe pretences.

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THE WKLSH SUNDAY CLOSING ACT. SULBEKNING AT C.VUI IIF. At Cal?liff Poi-e-curf < u T""f"V (bef ore Di. Paine, chairn an, and Alderman liavid Jnru-s\ Margaret 'lh .*nps«n, nf 50, nnn.I,phl'. Cauum, w;¡s suiMD-'ned t tdHI b^er Wjj, ut a lirenc- mi the 23f Fe b ruarv.— F ohrfc >nstah'.e tel:: 111,lllkt. 2r t I, ;t :'i:rJ Rt :t> t: ;1:: fl."1I one to two a.m.. dm in. *hic:i 'in.e iJefoaW lhÍ1tell peisoas Nllt-f and ten ,iav•. 1'1.0 womb,. \\en t'arlyin ]U nlt "'Jltl9, one woman making 110 a t-wpt at c"n< enhr.ent. VV1;. n wi- liPS, knocked at rli- hoot «'oO' o ihe hous st lWO deli/eli, h'i h-ard "a 101 of sct.tn.b inj; ill.¡j,. and heaid the defendant sa>, D n't open tne door." U'nnoss forced all entrance, and f"ulld the defendant in 'he w.c. In the mi.idle room dowi;- st ,irs were toree men and three women. On tLø table were thre ("up c/nafning b" r, nod wiring !*aw a woman IUU n»'o tie midcilr; r().!a t.p. stairs carrying two tJo.t!õ, \\I¡1ch tIt: aflv.« warols found contair,.d beer. In file vólrd witness notked in tbe giound cio..e to the "ail an nrpreSHi-.n as if a ca&k had heen UHOAH lover the wall. He told the deieooant Iw L\¡uJ¡f report her for selling beer without iL 1 cenc-, ""¡¡en I sloe replied, "1 don't how luw a.l the, p' p;e Icame here." Witriest questioned the person the house, when 8oue "iiL 'hey had cjtna t > haVe" dtop of beer, and others that they hù come to ste Mrs. ThomV:oou-1'I,e cefcndaiiC now denied the offor.-ce, and *aid tfie only t,eer oa the table belonged to a neighbour, who lad 1-ft it iu tho house on the Saturday evening. She called »s a wiim^s Catherine Price, a 1 dger, who asserted tint the beer found in tier rootn had been bought for her own use, .1'lice -constable Durst on further informed the bench t»at later in the day lie saw two 4 £ gallon .? k titBen info tl;? det^ndant's ouse; Jcc('t;1 ;ràn:iJI; I; ¡;J: preYIOU c-'»'»vic"ioi» all., hail offended Wlrs than ever.—Thp Chairman said there was 0"1 doubt that the offence had been fully accomplisoed, and the defendant would tIe n,,J £10 and costs or tw j months' inrd labour, >md if sne appeared agit;n on a similar charge sloe would p ssitil g. t six mor.ths" impriMonment a fine of £100, The found in the house would be confiscated, find "he would bi, detained in cu t >dy pending the return of the distress warrant. J ,IIn Curney was charged" illl ti sin ilAr offence. _1",p "t, watdied the defendllnt's hou-e# sa, Bute.s'r(.e:m lhf:! 23h of February, and tilaw four Inen enter, and a few minutes atterwards a prostitute Wtnl 111. \Vi:en witness entered the iiou-e he found in a back-room four men, a .o:"?", and "'? dt fondant and 1,;? "il?. 00 til? tanle were a p?o:;?', ?g b,, r ?nd ici-cup, wltit" í.1. man siltir,g 011 tlie f-.ot i had a glass ûf bter concealed b. "em his Je. Two of the lIwn had glares of lemonade, alld when wit- ness a-ked Curney what the men Wlt doing There he replied iiat tiiey had come fur somo lemotJatlc,lhe DHn lutlingon Ihesof >ayiug, We Iud tu come to the Dost-"ftice and we caded in to get a drink. Wrm-ss searched the hou-e, and in a back-to-in f und thr e ca^es of beet, two or which each comained two di zen pint in the third were twenty bottle#—ten fuil and t*-n enpty. U itnesM questioned Curney as (0 wne:her tln-re was any inoie beer in til hou^e, to which he replied N o,, but upon witness inaumg a fur tier -earch he f und an other r..Se behmd; chair ahj edrawors contiinin; two dozon lialf-pi: t, o(htlei of tourt which the defendant :\i(i hat been gi t for his wife.—Mr. Jones, who appeared 1 or the deforce, cross-examined tiie flie r at con- sid.:rat)l« length, and pressed the point how he knew rhe woman who e.itered the I.ou..e to be a prostitute when Bile bad rot been ccnvictel1, try which he replied that lie IIfH 8'011 her in company wi;h "a scor of different men.Jr. JOflf5 chalacterie f this statement ai being nctuated by venomous motives, and, Hl addressing ttie bench,contended that these wan r 0 evidence whatever tn prove al. and the ioifj reson inducillg tilt" police to enter the hou-e wai t,,? fact that a worn «n, designated by t!m a, prnstitute, had entere?. H, was proceeding t > call the defendant t, give evidence, when Dr. Paine aid both Mr. J nes aQd h¡melf wt-re of opinion that the offence bad not beeu pr^v.-d, and tile,, therefore, ui-inissed the (a::ie.1r. J..JOt: Thauk you, sir.

I XEWPORT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I The monthly meeting of this clina,ber was held I on Tuesday, Ir, I. Mordey presiding. THE ALEXANDRA DOCK CoMPANVS HiLL. On the motion of Air. W. L. Moore, a report fr^o the j' int committee appointed in regud to tii^ petroleum and slI iko cluuses of this L-ili was "dnpted,-Ir. Moore .id that the r-suits <jf lb. action of the joint committee were very sa iifac- tory. u IMPROVED RAItWAT PASSENGER SERVICE. Mr. T. H. uowell movect thatth^ chamDt-rsiiou a communicate with the Great W«-tern Kaiiway Company, urging upon them, for ti e greater convenience of the commercial meu cf NVwp'Tt, the desirability of earlier and iLrne frequent tiain* in butt. ihe valh ys.—Mr. T. G- i. sworthv seconded, and thought tint the present was the lime to prompt the company. H, understood (hat lIxt month 'o d 6 th e, ?i" much älh"pd by additional and earlier and more frequent trains up and down the valleys.—The resolution was Ildop eJ, THE 1111-L MEKTINGS OF IHE 11?-I,Tlll ÇMB.8& Lord Tredegar telegraphed that ttio A«6^cated Chambers had accepted the invi a, ioa of N-wpett to hold their meetings fit that town in Sept-,nb-r. It w;»s decided to appoint a BIIe-cia1 cOIDn.îttee to consider ways and means. STATISTICS. Foreign imports sh'>w«-d a decrease of 28,674 tons and exivrts of 47,071 t''ns on the rone* sponding month of la.-t year.—The Chairman It- marked that it was hoped with the new Alexandra Dock ext-usion that the ledums might snow a better state, They should also congratulate themselves on the fact of the withdrawal of the Bute and Barry Bills, which would certainly h>ite effected that | ort.

THE CHARGE AGAINST A CARDIFF CLERK. At Cardiff Police-court on Tuesday (before Dr. Paine and Alderman D. Jone.o) John S imuels, alaii John Henry was charged on remand with obtaining 17 10<. from tili.is Kaiser by means of a f- iged cheque drawn in the name of Mr. Harry Cousins, s «lici?or, on the Cardiff Branch of the National Pmvincid Bank.— Mr. Hairy Cousins inspected the eh, que, Hod aid that the si^na ure upon it was not hi,ÐetecllvA Fowler Said that on the 15th of F. bruary he re. ceired the cheque produced from NJ,, EJias Kaiser, of St. Miry-^treet, and 011 Saturday last, i.e a,reitedilie prisoner on a wa»rant. He was charged, but made no reply.—Mr. Ktimer, re-called hy the prisoner, said the officer whwi he brought him to the police-station to identify the prisoner, did not say w The person we want to see is wt"ariu6: a brown ovrCUltt," but he did Say, a IVe have B prisoner here in piivate clothes." It was not the knowieigo of (hat fact alone that led to the identification. In fact, he was then doubtful whether the prisoner was the tn >n or not.—Prisoner, who said he had known the witness for twenty years, put further que*rions as to a second visit made to the cells. There were other- present, but Mr.Kiiser at once recognised the prisoner.—The latter urged that the second and inoro posirive recognition wa only the result, of the first inspection, which lasted f<>r twentJ minutes.—Mr. Walter Scott (nolicitor) said the prisoner was formerly in iiis em. ploy ai a clerk, and he knew his handwriting. The signature upon the cheque looked ike the pifronei'f.—Mr, Stephen Mediiu &t, cashier at tho National Provincial Bank, aid prisoner had no account at the bank, and they had no customer b -aring such a rame.—Prisoner, "bo res -rvt-d his defence, was committed to the asiizei fortiisL

ACCIDENT TO A WOMAN AT CARDIFF. About eleven o'clock on Tuesday a serious acouent occurred at St, Andrew's«p'ace, Cardiff. A wonmu, apparently of thegipsv order, who IS ;lid to have been stagge> ingabout th" neighh-mring st rpct 8 fPf some time previously, attempted to get on a trap which was being driven fr »m Park-phce through St. And'ew's-place. She demanded a lift to Whitchurch and attempted to Rtop the hor>e, with the result that she w. thrown heavily to the ground again,t a lamp.post. It is ,10UIJtflll whethpr the horsti st' p^ l on her, but, at any rate, the poor woman received a frightful wound over ,t?? right temple, ,:d ("r eye was gouged OUI, Tne driver ?f li?? inp seems (»ccording t, th 11-te- ment of a joUnK mil" nonied Bernstein, a painor, who was working >-earj tlf hsve backed liir hor-e immediately the woman HI and then drove (,fi. Police-constable 127, 111 w; called to the place, tried to stop tlie bleeding, but tile woman, who WIS rrad drunk, violently resisted the kindly efforts of the policeman, tote off the bandages \\hlcl& lie applied, and matte the strttef hideous with h t howl., With great difficulty tl:e const »bic got the woman into a cab and tock he to the infir.mry. The place wliero the wot«,an lay looked like the section of a slau^hter-Ji use. At the infv'niary it was found that the woman's injuries wee not of so serious a nature was thought 10 bo the case, and she was not detained.

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